Category: Member Updates

Today, the Honourable Bernard Davis, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced the World Energy GH2 project is deficient and requires additional work before it can proceed: “Following government and

Reminder! The committee for the Regional Assessment of Offshore Wind Development in NL will be conducting their first in-person, public engagement sessions next week. FFAW members are encouraged to attend.

Reminder! The committee for the Regional Assessment of Offshore Wind Development in NL will be conducting their first in-person, public engagement sessions next week. FFAW members are encouraged to attend.

The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (Government of Canada) and their Regional Assessment Committee for Offshore Wind Development is hosting in-person engagement sessions on the Burin and Connaigre Peninsula and

This year has been a difficult one and we’ve had to fight to uphold the rights afforded to fish harvesters under our collective agreements. Below is a summary of the

FFAW’s online survey on seals is aimed at documenting seal distribution, local abundance and impacts of seal species in Newfoundland and Labrador waters. Your views are important. Please visit www.ffaw.ca/sealsurvey

FFAW are disappointed to learn that despite work by the lobster/scallop interaction working group over the past months to propose measures to mitigate interactions of these fisheries, the Department of

DFO IS CURRENTLY ENGAGED IN CONSULTATIONS ON THE POTENTIAL ADDITION OF LUMPFISH TO THE LIST OF SPECIES AT RISK. IF LUMP DOES GET LISTED, THEN THE LUMPFISH FISHERY WILL CLOSE.

FFAW’s online survey on seals is aimed at documenting seal distribution, local abundance and impacts of seal species in Newfoundland and Labrador waters. Your views are important. Please visit www.ffaw.ca/sealsurvey